Editorial cartoon by leon barritt, 1898. Newspaper publishers joseph pulitzer and william randolph hearst, full-length, dressed as the yellow kid (a popular cartoon character of the day), each pushing against opposite sides of a pillar of wooden blocks that spells war. This is a satire of the pulitzer and hearst newspapers' role in drumming up usa public opinion to go to war with spain. Date: First published 29 June, 1898.
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